Another Animation From Cassini
Published on 11 Jun 2006 at 7:30 pm.
3 Comments.
Filed under Images, In the News.
Once again while browsing the latest raw images from Cassini, I noticed this image sequence. It was shot on June 10th with the camera pointed toward Enceladus which was approximately 3,911,272 kilometers away. Enceladus is the little black dot occulting Titan with the mid-point of the occultation occurring on June 10, around about 15:39 UT (best guess observing Enceladus from Cassini in Starry Nightâ„¢ Pro 5). I cropped and combined the images in Photoshop to create this short animation.
Why?
Well, because (at least for me anyway) seeing things in motion tends to fire my imagination. I hope I’m not alone here. I think it would behoove the folks that manage Cassini to point the camera at Saturn and image a complete orbit. Imagine the PR value of a big, beautiful, full-color animation of riding Cassini for a “stately” orbit of Saturn. I’m not talking one of those 30 second deals here, I’d like to see it over 5-10 mintues. I don’t know what science benefit such a thing could have — if any — but I’m sure someone somewhere could concoct a reasonable excuse to do it.
On an unrelated note, this year’s festivities have officially commenced here in the Sunshine State. Althouth I certainly don’t mind cashing in my “direct hit voucher” for a lowly tropical storm. Got my fingers crossed.
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Dirty Skies : Of Occultations and Animations on 22 Jun 2006 at 12:06 am: 1
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Alfons Gabel on 12 Jul 2006 at 1:29 pm: 2
Hi,
you say “seeing things in motion tends to fire my imagination”. Really, you are not alone! Motion illustrates reality vastly better than any still image. Motion gives depth to the plain sky. Maybe this is the reason why I became an occultation observer.
I’ll return to your site!
Best greetings from Germany
Alfons
PS: Have a look my animations of the total solar eclipse on March 29, and see the moon moving in front of the sun at:
http://www.huebner-ep.de/astro/pages/Finsternisfilm.html
Rob on 12 Jul 2006 at 7:01 pm: 3
GREAT eclipse animation!!!